The Genesee River is a North American river flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York. Falls along the river are within the gorge of Letchworth State Park and within Rochester, where they provided power to 19th century industry. The 1952 Mount Morris Dam is the largest flood control dam east of the Mississippi River; its capacity was only exceeded during the 1972 Hurricane Agnes.
The river was the original source of po...
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The Genesee River is a North American river flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York. Falls along the river are within the gorge of Letchworth State Park and within Rochester, where they provided power to 19th century industry. The 1952 Mount Morris Dam is the largest flood control dam east of the Mississippi River; its capacity was only exceeded during the 1972 Hurricane Agnes.
The river was the original source of power and commerce in the Rochester area. During the early 19th century mills along the river ground more flour than anywhere else in North America, earning Rochester one of its nicknames "Flour City".
The headwaters of the Genesee river include the Eastern Triple Divide (near Gold, Pennsylvania) which is the triple watershed point located at the intersection of watersheds of the Atlantic Seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the respective Pennsylvania headwaters of Pine Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River), the...
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